This year marked the second annual DECA Haunted Hike 5k event, which is organized by the OU student DECA group. The event took place Saturday, October 6, with proceeds benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Matt Bollig family. Bollig, an OU transfer student and Braves quarterback, suffered a spinal cord injury in a weight room incident during a summer workout with the Braves football team. Each participant received a t-shirt that was designed by one of the DECA members. The

There’s nothing like a first-hand taste of Wall Street to get the business juices flowing. In early December, nine business students who are members of The College’s DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) chapter traveled to New York City with Business Division Chair Dr. Marylou DeWald to participate in two limited scope case studies and to assist with Superstorm Sandy clean-up. While the service side of the trip didn’t materialize due to the size of their group, the business aspec

In February, Ottawa University announced a groundbreaking contractual arrangement with the largest provider of educational technology and software in the world – Blackboard. A $650 million company, Blackboard built its reputation by providing software and related services in support of the burgeoning online education industry. This partnership has the potential to be by far the most important and far reaching arrangement with an outside party that Ottawa University has ever considered. As p

On July 10, 2012, the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation awarded Ottawa University a $750,000 challenge grant toward the University’s new Gangwish Library and Gibson Student Center slated as part of its $24.3 million Advancing the Vision Campaign. Having currently raised approximately $6 million in gifts and pledges of the $10 million needed for the building project, OU now has until July 10, 2013, to raise the remaining $4 million in order to receive the Mabee funds. “This is a wonderful opp